Lake Providence, LA is a small town located in East Carroll Parish in the Northeastern corner of Louisiana. Though its population is small, Lake Providence has had a long history of vibrant politics with several well-known local political candidates. In recent history, the mayoral race has been fiercely competitive as two equally qualified candidates have offered very different approaches to leading the city forward. Both candidates have put forth an array of ideas and initiatives that they believe will best serve the residents of Lake Providence. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety and education have all been heavily debated in the lead up to election day. Local residents are eager to see who will be chosen as their mayor for the next four years and what kind of impact they will have on their beloved home town.
The political climate in Lake Providence, LA is strongly liberal.
East Carroll County, LA is strongly liberal. In East Carroll County, LA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Carroll parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
East Carroll county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Providence, LA is strongly liberal.
East Carroll County, Louisiana is strongly liberal.
Louisiana is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lake Providence, Louisiana: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lake Providence, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $4,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 698 contributions totaling $584,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $837 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)